| William Bather | |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1861 |
| Birth Place: | Meole Brace, Shropshire |
| Death Place: | Boscombe, Hampshire |
| Date: | 9 April 2017 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9605.html Cricinfo |
Rev. William Henry Bather (12 December 1861 - 3 January 1939) was an English cricketer. He was born at Meole Brace near Shrewsbury, third son of John Bather of Day House, Meole Brace.[1]
He played six first-class matches for Cambridge University Cricket Club between 1882 and 1883.[2] He also played cricket at county level for Hertfordshire and, between 1879 and 1892, for Shropshire.[3]
He was educated at Rossall School and Cambridge University,[3] where he was a scholar at Pembroke College, graduating B.A. in 1883 and M.A. in 1887.[4]
He later became a Church of England clergyman, being ordained deacon in 1886 and priest in 1887 by the Bishop of St Albans. He was an assistant master at Elstree School (1884-94), and curate of Aldenham (1886-88) and Cheshunt (1894-97) in Hertfordshire,[1] and in Shropshire vicar of Meole Brace 1897-1930 and rector of Sutton near Shrewsbury 1899-1931.[4] He served as manager at the National School in Meole Brace.[1]
Bather married at Holy Trinity, Meole Brace, on 6 January 1903, Ida Agnes MacDonell Wanklyn, daughter of Frederick Lumb Wanklyn, of Buenos Aires, Argentina.[5] He lived in retirement at Boscombe, Hampshire, where he died.[4]